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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33 No. 11. 22 July 1970

INZUSA Liaison Officer_____________________________

INZUSA Liaison Officer_____________________________

Tim Sheppard

Tim Sheppard

I am a third year BA/LLB student and have been a member of many cultural affairs clubs at Victoria-ranging from the Drama Club to Pooh Club to Amnesty International. This year I am also Social Controller of Arts Festival to be held here in August.

The position for which I am standing is a new one, and, I believe, a very important one. Until now there has been an unfortunate ignorance within this university of the business of NZUSA and I envisage my main tasks as Liaison Officer would be both to inform Victoria students of these activities and also to convey to the national body the policy remits of SRC. However, as the position is still very much an unknown quantity, it is essential that the person elected is a student with initiative and enthusiasm. I claim that my record of student pursuits-political, cultural and academic-make me a candidate worthy of your vote. I promise that, if elected to the position of Liaison Officer to NZUSA I will remain loyal to the interests of Victoria students, and sincerely strive for progress and the successful accomplishment of your will as expressed by SRC.

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Barry Lienert

Barry Lienert

Most students, when asked in the recent questionnaire whether they thought NZUSA was a worthwhile institution, answered yes, but it was obvious to me that many were not sure why. I am convinced that it does have a positive role to play and that this is representing and assisting students as a national body. Apart from making policy statements on behalf of students, I would like to see some action in the shaping of these policies on the issues which students are most concerned with. I feel, for example, NZUSA could do much more in the way of co-ordinating action by individual universities on both national issues, such as student bursaries, and race relations in our cities, and international issues, such as the Vietnam War and South Africa.

If elected 1 shall do my utmost to maintain a liaison with NZUSA, both by informing people what it is doing and, even more important, what it can do for them.

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Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas

Maths Honours student; Executive of Socialist Club; Member of Pym; A Radical Activists Ticket candidate.

Being a Rat candidate I believe we should lead the Association in a more radical direction, that we should lead students in putting active pressure on the state and university authorities to make a freer society and a freer university. I believe any form of revolution in society involves not only political change but the introduction into society of new life styles. Our culture, art, music, newspapers, posters, even the way we talk, fuck and grow our hair should reflect our freedom from the sick politics and the reactionary way of life so many people live today. The executive should take the initiative in revolutionising student life.

Students should be able to decide what type of education they desire they need more than just the token representation they are getting on university committees. University should not be closed to the poor; bursaries should be increased to cover living expenses and should be periodically revised.

As liaison officer I would like to see increased militancy in NZUSA and more return for our financial commitments to that body.

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Glen Thomas

No photograph supplied.

3rd year arts. I have a certain amount of qualifications for this position. This year I am the Chairman of the National Affairs Committee of SRC and attended Easter Council as the National Affairs delegate. I have also been a member of the committee set up at the AGM to study the relationship between this university and NZUSA.

From these activities I believe that students at this university are not getting value from NZUSA for the money they put into it. The fault is mainly at the university level. NZUSA has much to offer but it requires that there be someone at the university with the experience and knowledge of NZUSA who can ensure that students obtain maximum benefit from it.

On general matters I will press for greater student representation on all committees of the university. I also believe that the universities are becoming the conscience of our society. In any way possible I will attempt to further this trend. I am not a member of any group or faction on campus and if elected will try to represent student opinion as students express it, not as it fits into any ideology I may have.